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Call for international actions against the NATO Summit, Brussels May 2017
Put people first, no to war!

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This appeal was agreed by the 2nd international preparatory meeting for actions against the NATO summit 24/25 May 2017 in Brussels.

Call for international actions against the NATO Summit, Brussels May 2017

Put people first, no to war!

This year’s NATO summit will be US President Donald Trump’s first. It will be held in May at NATO’s brand new headquarters in Brussels, a city that hosts both NATO and the European Union – two institutions that co-operate closely on their military policies.

NATO and its member states participate in illegal wars and military interventions, from Yugoslavia to Afghanistan, Libya, Iraq, Syria, the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean. They contribute massively to international instability, fuelling the arms race and militarization. NATO remains committed to humanity’s biggest threat: nuclear weapons.

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Protest against NATO at its next summit in Brussels on 24/25 May 2017

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Press release of the International Coordinating Committee of the international network No to war – no to NATO January 2017/01/30 Protest against NATO at its next summit in Brussels on 24/25 May 2017 The duty of the peace movement is to formulate fundamental, peaceful alternatives to the militarists and proponents of war who come either from backgrounds of neoliberal globalization or national populism. In each case, war is the continuation of politics, and militarism is an essential element of their … Continue reading →

The Coalition: Press Release January 13th 2017

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Inauguration Day Protest: No to Global Trumpism in Berlin Germany Berlin coalition joins linked world demonstrations against politics of division, hate WHEN AND WHERE: The demonstration will begin at 17:00 at Schillstr. 9 (AfD offices), followed by a march that will reach the Brandenburg Gate at approximately 18:00/18:30, and continue with a rally on Pariser Platz in front of the U.S. embassy. BERLIN – On the evening of January 20, as the new U.S. president takes office in Washington, D.C., … Continue reading →

2017/01/20 Washington DC
#DISRUPTJ30 Jan 20th ALL Day McPherson Square

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Jan 20th, 2017 | 9AM All Day | McPherson Square Join us for a bold mobilization against the inauguration of Donald Trump We’re bringing widespread civil resistance to the streets of Washington, DC through protests, direct actions, and even parties and we want you there with us. Read our call to action or find out how you can get involved and how we can support you right here! Sign up below if you’d like to get updates. http://www.disruptj20.org/  Week of … Continue reading →

2017/01/22 Washington DC
CHALLENGING TRUMPISM, WARS AND MILITARISM

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After the Inauguration: Rest Your Feet, Feed Your Head, Stoke Your Fire! A free conference at American University’s Kay Spiritual Life Center SUNDAY – JANUARY 22: 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. Please join featured speakers Phyllis Bennis, Michael McPhearson, Judith LeBlanc, John Feffer, Alli McCracken, maTT DeVlieger, Jackie Cabasso, john Feffer, Raed Jarrar, Joseph Gerson, George Martin, Cole Harrison, Kevin Martin and others in a dialogue on building the peace and social justice movement as we build the resistance needed to … Continue reading →

2017/01/20 Berlin
No to Global Trumpism: Time for Action!
Protest on 2017 January 20, U.S. Inauguration Day

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Protest on 2017 January 20, U.S. Inauguration Day Donald Trump likes the spotlight. But as he takes the stage as the new U.S. president, cameras will be turned toward protesters worldwide reminding him and all leaders that racism, misogyny, homophobia, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, and fear-mongering will not be tolerated. “Trumpism” is not an isolated national movement. We stand united against opportunists including Frauke Petry and the AfD, Marine Le Pen, Geert Wilders, and Nigel Farage who scapegoat and demonize immigrants and … Continue reading →

2017/01/19-21 Washington, D.C.
Peace Ball, Inauguration, and Women’s March

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Peace Ball, Inauguration, and Women’s March
January 19 – 21, 2017 Washington, D.C.

Join CODEPINK for three days of Presidential Counter Inauguration activities in Washington, D.C. January 19-21. We will be participating in the Peace Ball, Occupy Inauguration, Disrupt J20, Women’s March on Washington, and more.

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Trump Time: Time to End the Special Relationship

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The election of President Trump should throw Britain’s toxic relationship with the US into severe question says Chris Nineham

Written by Chris Nineham, Stop the War coalition UK on . Posted in News & Comment

The ‘special relationship’ between Britain and the US, announced by Winston Churchill soon after World War Two, has been toxic from the start. It is a collaboration that has always demanded unswerving support for US superpower aspirations. But the price keeps getting higher.  Thatcher’s partnership with Ronald Reagan involved turning Britain into an offshore nuclear missile launchpad and provided a transatlantic power base for the neoliberal economics that has wreaked such havoc around the world. The Chilcot report made it official that Tony Blair’s ‘I will be with you whatever’ relationship with George Bush was a ‘determining factor’ in Britain’s lead role in the catastrophic war on Iraq.

http://www.stopwar.org.uk/index.php/news-comment/2338-trump-time-time-to-end-the-special-relationship

2017/01/20 London
Stop the war coalition (UK) No to Trump: Protest His Inauguration

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No to Trump: Protest His Inauguration
Fri 20 Jan | 17:00-20:00
US Embassy 24 Grosvenor Square Mayfair London
W1A 2LQ

Organised by: Stand Up to Racism, supported by Stop the War

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On 20 January, Donald Trump will be inaugurated as President of the USA.

The election of Donald Trump as US president means the most powerful office on Earth belongs to someone who promised to build a giant wall along the Mexican border, the expulsion of 11 million “illegal” immigrants and “extreme vetting” for Muslims entering the country.

Read more: http://www.stopwar.org.uk/index.php/events/national-events/2340-20-january-london-no-to-trump-protest-his-inauguration

2017/01/20 London
CND Call: Stop Trump’s Nuclear Arms Race – London January 20th 2017

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Sign up to the protest on Facebook and invite your friends Join us to say Stop Trump’s Nuclear Arms Race on the day of the US President-elect’s inauguration. We’ll be outside the US Embassy in London on 20 January from 5pm. Protest: US Embassy London • from 5pm • 20 January 2017 The last few weeks have seen international tensions grow as US President-elect Donald Trump has made an alarming series of statements, the consequences of which could spell nuclear annihilation. Breaking with decades of … Continue reading →

Anti-Trump Demo Berlin – Materials in English and German are ready for download

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Materialien in englisch und deutsch stehen zum Download bereit. Diese Demo wurde ursprünglich im Rahmen eines Meeting am 7. Dezember zur Gründung einer internationalen Koalition gegen den „globalen Trumpismus“ verabredet. Vertreter oder einzelne Mitglieder der folgenden Organisationen waren anwesend: American Voices Abroad Berlin, Berlin Forum on Global Politics, Berlin Ireland Pro-Choice, Berlin Soup, Club Al-Hakawati, CommUNITY Karneval, DIE LINKE Berlin Internationals, DISRUPT J20 Berlin, HDP/HDK, IALANA, marx21, NoBergida, NODAPL Berlin, No to war No to NATO, Polish Pro-Choice Group, Pussy … Continue reading →

Nine Years of Challenging Obama Policies at His Hawaii Vacation Home

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Its been nine Christmas and New Year’s holidays that we in Hawaii have been challenging policies of the Obama administration — beginning in December 2008 before President-elect Obama was sworn into office — on the issue of his silence on the 27-day Israeli attack on Gaza that killed 1,400 Palestinians.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Nine-Years-of-Challenging-by-Ann-Wright-Challenge-Obama_Hawaii_Obama-Family-170101-288.html

2016 U.S. Presidential Election — Trump’s Victory and the Urgent Imperatives Before People’s Peace, Justice, and Environmental Movement

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Statement U.S. Peace Council, November 25, 2016 Executive Summary: Regarding the election victory of Donald Trump, the US Peace Council first of all salutes the massive demonstrations that call for improving workers’ lives, saving the environment, respecting women, opposing racism, supporting immigrants and rejecting Islamophobia. While much of what Trump said during the campaign and what he stands for is divisive and destructive, it is unlikely that a majority of Trump supporters voted based on Trump’s scapegoating statements. Many if … Continue reading →

NO to TRUMP and his Racism! NO to the War at Home!

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Statement from United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC), USA

We stand in solidarity with all oppressed people under attack at  home and abroad!
We urge full participation in the anti-Trump demonstrations!

In reaction to Donald Trump’s election victory, tens of thousands of people, most of them youth, have taken to the streets across the country in militant protests to condemn the racism, sexism, Islamophobia and anti-immigrant bigotry that Trump represents. Many are fearful, especially immigrants, Muslims and LGBT people. Their rage and that of their supporters signify the movement that needs to be built to end racism, wars and the attacks on working people endemic in the U.S. today.

http://nepajac.org/UNAC_111116.html

Superpower Europe

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German Foreign Policy 2016/11/16 WASHINGTON/BERLIN (Own report) – Under German pressure, the EU is pushing toward the establishment of military structures, independent of NATO, as is evidenced by recent decisions taken by its defense ministers. At their meeting, ending yesterday, the defense ministers decided, as a first step, that particular EU countries should enhance their military cooperation. The EU will establish a logistic hub and explore the creation of a European Medical Command. They planned the setting up of a … Continue reading →

NATO Publics Blame Russia for Ukrainian Crisis, but Reluctant to Provide Military Aid

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Even that this article from is more than a year old, I published it now, because I think the figures are still right and interesting. kristine In Russia, Anti-Western Views and Support for Putin Surge By Katie Simmons, Bruce Stokes and Jacob Poushter http://www.pewglobal.org/2015/06/10/nato-publics-blame-russia-for-ukrainian-crisis-but-reluctant-to-provide-military-aid/

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Resolution starting negotiations of treaty banning nuclear weapons is out

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Dear friends, What a day! Today, a group of states put forward a resolution at the United Nations General Assembly to start negotiations towards a new treaty that would prohibit nuclear weapons. What does that mean? It means our hard work is starting to pay off. The states leading this initiative are Mexico, Austria, Ireland, Brazil, Nigeria and South Africa. While a majority of states have expressed support for developing a treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons, fierce opposition to this resolution … Continue reading →

The next NATO summit will take place in Brussels in 2017 and will also be used to inaugurate the new NATO HQ building.

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NATO is now, more than ever, a destabilizing war machine threatening peace and security in the world, not least because it continues with its first strike nuclear policy. This war machine is plundering the treasuries of member states, and is jointly responsible for the fact that millions of people are fleeing from war. The lucky survivors arrive in Europe and succeed in their applications for asylum – but increasingly often they do not even survive the Mediterranean crossing. In addition, … Continue reading →

NEXT ICC meeting on October 2nd in Berlin

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The icc meeting in Berlin on the weekend of the IPB world congress “Disarm! For a Climate of Peace”. The meeting will take place on Sunday, October 2 at 8 am. We will meet in the main building of the TU Berlin at the registration desk. As an agenda we suggest: – short exchange – next NATO Summit 2017 in Brussels – latest news from Ludo on Belgian meeting and the official summit – next steps and decisions We are … Continue reading →

Shannon Airport & 21st Century War 2016

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shannon-airport-21st-century-war-2016As you know my country was partitioned by British Imperialism in the early 20th Century and the six counties of Northern Ireland has been part of NATO since its foundation which is one of the reasons why we strongly congratulate the N0-to NATO grouping in all its campaign activity.

However as you know since 2002 the Republic of Ireland ( the other 26 counties) has been a de facto US Airforce Base and has allowed well over 2.5 million US troops land in Shannon Airport as they take part in its Doctrine of Perpetual War.

PANA/IAWM/Shannonwatch has published a new pamphlet, ‘Shannon Airport and 21st Century War’.

Download the broschure  shannon-airport-21st-century-war-2016.pdf

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Obama’s Drone Lies

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Late last week the Obama administration released shockingly underreported numbers claiming that the U.S. government has caused only 64 to 116 civilian deaths by drone strikes. These numbers simply don’t add up. Independent organizations estimate that the number of civilian deaths is closer to 8 times that amount! Take action: Call on the Obama administration to release the names of the civilian drone strike victims as well as its methodology for determining who is a civilian. At CODEPINK, we agree … Continue reading →

IPB World Congress: please support

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Dear Friends and colleagues, please find below an information of the World Congress of the International Peace Bureau. Our network will participate in the congress by organizing a workshop on “NATO and Militarization – Mobilizing for the next NATO Summit in Brussels 2017”. Please participate in the thunderclap for mobilization and spread the word outside the social networks as well. Greetings, Lucas Dear friends and colleagues, the IPB world congress Disarm! For a Climate of Peace – Creating an Action … Continue reading →

Statement on Ukraine

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Dear friends for peace As we agreed I forward this draft for an Ukrainian statement negotiated by participants at the Ukraine session at the Peace meeting in Warsaw 10th of July 2016. Statement on Ukraine We participants at the NATO Alternative Summit “No to War – No to Militarism – Yes to Refugees” are inspired by the reports from opponents of war in Ukraine. We demand an end of the systematic violations of human rights in Ukraine often directed against … Continue reading →

Montreal Declaration for a Nuclear-Fission-Free World

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Following presentations and discussions in Peace and Planet’s (August 10th) assembly at the World Social Forum in Montreal, we adopted the following Declaration. Montreal Declaration for a Nuclear-Fission-Free World As citizens of this planet inspired by the Second Thematic World Social Forum for a Nuclear-Fission‐Free World, conducted in Montreal from August 8 to August 12, 2016, we are collectively calling for a mobilization of civil society around the world to bring about the elimination of all nuclear weapons, to put … Continue reading →

EU: tell Erdoğan, enough is enough!

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campact!s european sisters organisation WeMove launched a signature campaign and demands:hat eine Unterschriftenkampagne gestartet und fordert: The European Union should immediately suspend all accession negotiations with the Turkish administration, while at the same time taking decisive steps to ensure that human rights and the rule of law are upheld in Turkey. Please read and support this important Europe wide action! (act.wemove.eu/campaigns/turkey)  

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An answer from the Peace & Neutrality Alliance Ireland

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The Peace & Neutrality Alliance has been campaigning for Irish neutrality since our foundation in 1996, so it w was great to get this email from World Beyond War. Please email it on to all your contacts and any Irish Embassies and consulates in your country and encourage all the other contacts in No to War No to NATO to do so as well.. The last public opinion poll survey by RedC ( one of Ireland’s major polling companies in … Continue reading →

The World Must Support Ireland Against U.S. Wars

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A Letter to Ireland from World Beyond War Add your name here. Those of us outside Ireland, and in particular those of us in the United States, have a pressing and urgent responsibility to lend all the support we can to our brothers and sisters in Ireland who are resisting U.S. wars. Despite Ireland’s officially neutral status and its claim to have not gone to war since its founding in 1922, Ireland allowed the United States to use Shannon Airport … Continue reading →

Aufruf Doppel-Aktion Kalkar/Essen 2016

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Doppelaktion Kalkar / Essen 3. Oktober 2016 Bundeswehr und NATO: Krieg beginnt an Rhein und Ruhr An vielen Orten der Welt herrscht Krieg. Menschen sterben, sie flüchten, um ihr Leben zu retten und den Schrecken des Krieges zu entkommen. Waffen aus Deutschland werden in allen Kriegen zum Töten benutzt, aber auch deutsche Soldaten sind im Krieg: in Syrien, in Mali, im Irak und immer noch in Afghanistan. Die andauernde Konfrontation zwischen der NATO und Russland im Ukraine-Konflikt birgt die Gefahr … Continue reading →

Join A- & H- Bomb Survivors Launch Petition Campaign Seeking HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF SIGNATURES

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Three of Peace & Planet’s Japanese partner and other organizations here have launched an audacious campaign, a signature campaign titled “Appeal for a Total Ban on Nuclear Weapons” for which they are seeking HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of petition signatures worldwide. The goal is to add global force to the door that has opened toward nuclear weapons abolition by the United Nations Open Ended Working Group, whose draft report will be issued tomorrow, and which for the first time will lead … Continue reading →

Declaration: International Meeting of World Conference against A- & H- Bombs

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The Declaration was adopted on the morning of August 4, 2016, with represenatives of several member organizations of Peace & Planet participating (Gensuikyo, International Peace Bureau, Mouvement de la Paix, and AFSC.) With the help of Alyn Ware of Unfold Zero, the Declaration was delivered to the Open Ended Working Group in Geneva yesterday, the day that the OEWG’s Draft report was released. 2016 World Conference against A & H Bombs Declaration of the International Meeting Seventy one years ago, … Continue reading →

Crimea Trip and Center for Citizen Initiatives

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It was great to see you in Warsaw for the excellent No to NATO conference! After our roundtable on Sunday with the discussion about citizen diplomacy, I thought it would be good to send you some information about the trip to Russia including the Crimea that I was on two weeks ago–, It was great to see you in Warsaw! Here are some links to the Crimea and Russia trip. Sharon Tennison was the group leader for the trip.  She … Continue reading →

Former Soviet premier says Nato is escalating the Cold War ‘into a hot one’

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Former Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev has accused Nato of preparing for “offensive operations” against Russia. As the Western alliance held a summit in Warsaw, Poland, Mr Gorbachev criticised Nato’s decision to deploy 4,000 more international troops in Eastern Europe. Tensions have been mounting between Russia and Nato member states, in particular the US, as diplomatic spats and military excercises have increased in frequency. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/nato-chief-russia-soviet-mikhail-gorbachev-ukraine-eastern-europe-tensions-jens-stoltenberg-unified-a7128521.html

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„Ausstieg aus der NATO oder finis Germaniae“ – Rolf Hochhuth im RT Deutsch-Gespräch

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Jasmin Kosubek hat den Autoren und Dramaturgen Rolf Hochhuth in Berlin-Mitte besucht. Dessen neues Buch trägt den Titel „Ausstieg aus der NATO oder finis Germaniae“. Soll heißen: Für Deutschland ist eine neue Verteidigungspolitik überlebenswichtig. Das Interview in voller Länge. https://deutsch.rt.com/inland/39410-ausstieg-aus-nato-oder-finis/

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What a 21st-Century Peace Movement Looks Like: Article on July 9 NATO demo, Times Square

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Here’s an article I wrote on our Saturday demo against NATO which is on the Nation website. It has a great quote which is a rewrite of NJ Peace Actiion’s Madelyn Hoffman’s great talk!    Please spread the word if you know others who were at the rally or if we have a list of invitees. Many thanks!!     Alice Slater https://www.thenation.com/article/what-a-21st-century-peace-movement-looks-like//?nc=1  

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Statement from the German Section of IALANA

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Open Appeal to the German Government and to the Council of Europe, OSCE and NATO I In February 2016 the Turkish Constitutional Court revoked the pre-trial imprisonment imposed upon two journalists who had uncovered support provided by Turkish authorities to militant Islamists in Syria. In response, the Turkish President Erdogan threatened the judges: “I don’t need to accept [this decision], I want to make that clear. I don’t obey or respect the decision.”[i] Deeds have now followed these words. The … Continue reading →

Report: NATO Protest Actions in Warsaw

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Six organizations of the Polish peace and social movements together with the international Network Not o War – No to NATO conducted the alternative summit “No to War – No to Militarism – Yes to Refugees“ and the demonstration “Money for the Hungry not for Tanks“ in Warsaw from July 8th to 10th. Aim of the protests actions was the continuous delegitimation of the largest military organization of the world which is permanently and worldwide engaged in wars. The international … Continue reading →

A brief report on our solidarity demonstration against NATO in New York.

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Around 150 people protested outside of an Army recruiting center in Times Square in New York City as NATO met on July 9th in Warsaw, Poland. Speakers included some of the people on the No to NATO list including Al Marder of the US Peace Council, Bruce Gagnon of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space and myself, Joe Lombardo of the United National Antiwar Coalition.  Other organizations that supported the action included Code Pink, Veterans for … Continue reading →

NEW!!! – Updated Programm Alternative Summit Sunday July 10th

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Sunday July 10th 10:15 – 10:45 Special Panel on Ukraine 11:00 – 13:30 Roundtable with open microphone: Future of Peace and Anti-War Movement in Poland and the world Introduction: Ewa Groszewska, Poland │Lucas Wirl, No to War – No to NATO 13:30 END Location Conference Center „Copernicus” / Centrum Konferencyjne Kopernika The debates, plenary debate and workshops will all take place at the Conference Center „Kopernik” (address:  Kopernika 30, 00-336 Warszawa). OpenStreetMap® is open data, licensed under the Open Data … Continue reading →